BIOS Setup Utility

SY-5SSM & SY-5SSM/5

3-5.1 PNP/PCI Configuration Controls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PNP/PCI

Setting

Description

 

Note

Controls

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resources Controlled By

Manual BIOS does not manage PCI/ISA PnP card IRQ assignment.

Requires to assign IRQ-# and DMA-# to PCI or ISA PnP manually. IRQ-3,4,5,7,9,10,11,12,14,15 assigned to: _ DMA-0,1,3,5,6,7 assigned to: _

Auto

The Plug-and-Play BIOS

Recommended

 

auto manages PCI/ISA

 

 

PnP card IRQ assignment

 

 

automatically.

 

 

 

 

Reset

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disabled

Retain PnP configuration

Default

Configuration

 

 

data in BIOS.

 

 

Data

Enabled

Reset PnP configuration

 

 

 

 

 

data in BIOS.

 

 

3-5.2 PNP/PCI Configuration Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PNP/PCI Setup

Setting

 

Description

Note

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If [Resources Controlled By] is set to [Manual]

IRQ-# and DMA-# assigned to:

PCI IRQ Actived No.

 

PCI/ISA

Choose IRQ-# and

IRQ-

 

PnP

DMA-# assigned to

3,4,5,7,9,10,

 

 

PCI/ISA PnP card.

11,12,14,15

 

 

 

DMA-0,1,3,5,6,7

 

Legacy ISA

Choose IRQ-# and

IRQ-

 

 

DMA-# assigned to

3,4,5,7,9,10,

 

 

Legacy ISA card.

11,12,14,15

 

 

 

DMA-0,1,3,5,6,7

 

 

 

 

 

Level

This sets the method

Default

 

Edge

by which the PCI

 

 

 

bus recognizes that

 

 

 

an IRQ service is

 

being requested by a device.

Assign IRQ For

USB

Disabled

Enabled Enable RSB IRQ Default

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SOYO SY-5SSM manual 1 PNP/PCI Configuration Controls, Pnp/Pci, Setting Description Controls Resources Controlled By, Usb

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